Frank & Friends Show 0058

Frank Murphy welcomes Kathryn Frady back from her vacation. Frank is concerned that they have 665 YouTube subscribers and he hopes they will get well past 667 subscribers quickly. 

Frank enjoyed Kathryn’s performance as Julia Lowell in Marble City Opera’s production of The Copper Queen. You can rent a video stream of the opera at https://www.marblecityopera.com/tickets  

Frank surprised Kathryn by giving her a congratulatory hug after opening night of The Copper Queen. Frank sat behind Mary Costa, an opera singer who was the voice of Aurora in Disney’s Sleeping Beauty. Reviewer Alan Sherrod of Arts Knoxville called the show “operatic gold.” 

Kathryn feels depressed when a show ends, especially when she is involved as both singer and producer. Kathryn just became the General Director of Opéra Louisiane in addition to her job at Marble City Opera. Frank has started lining up guest co-hosts for when Kathryn will be in Baton Rouge. 

Frank used to buy 40 pounds of chlorine tablets for about $80. A problem at the factory caused a shortage and a price increase to about $200. Frank switched to liquid chlorine, which he could get for about $6 a gallon at Lowe’s. 

Frank and Jere took their grandsons Timmy and Charlie to Lowe’s to buy chlorine using gift cards Frank bought at Kroger, which gave him bonus gas points. Lowe’s could not complete the purchase because they said their gift card reader was down. They drove to another Lowe’s but that store’s gift card reader was down too. Frank then went to a nearby Home Depot and bought liquid chlorine for only $4.50 a gallon. 

Marble City Opera is working on an opera about body-snatching. Grave robbers used to dig up bodies for use in medical research. Dr. Bill Bass started a collection of donated modern skeletons at the Body Farm. 

Kathryn and her husband took a vacation to Santa Rosa Beach in Florida. Kathryn’s brother and his family went surfing in the Gulf of Mexico. Frank's family used to go to ocean beaches on Long Island. Frank remembers the surf as being rough and uninviting. 

Frank had hoped to come to an artist reception after the final performance of The Copper Queen. He had a paid comedy improv gig that night. Einstein Simplified was hired to perform at the reception after a renewal of vows ceremony. The brewery that was supposed to host the event canceled on the bride so they could show a Vols baseball game instead. 

The improv gig was moved to the married couple’s house in South Knoxville. Frank's maps app went haywire and told him to make a U-turn, which turned out to be incorrect. He drove up as the ceremony was underway on the front lawn. 

This episode is sponsored by BoneZones.com (don’t forget the S). Buy books and other merchandise autographed by Body Farm founder Dr. Bill Bass at https://bonezones.com/ 

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